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Satellite view of Plage des Marmites; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Plage des Marmites

French Southern TerritoriesFrench Southern Territories · Indian Ocean

-46.4667, 52.3167

  • 7°Sea · February
  • 8°High · February
  • 6.6 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Plage des Marmites. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Plage des Marmites in October

  • 5°CAir, daytime high3°C at night
  • 4°CSea temperature
  • 5.1 hSunshine a day
  • 17 daysRainy days in the month96 mm in total
  • 37 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

And a month earlier or later?

SeptemberOctoberNovember
Air, daytime high4°5°5°
Sea4°4°5°
Sunshine a day4.1 h5.1 h5.9 h
Rainy days191718

Warmest sea of the year: February (7.3 °C) · most sunshine: January (6.6 h a day).

The beach itself

  • 0Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 4.6 °C — 0.6 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 4.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 4.6 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaFebruary and March7 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJanuary and December7 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and October96 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan6°7 h113 mm
  2. Feb7°6 h102 mm
  3. Mar7°5 h112 mm
  4. Apr6°3 h114 mm
  5. May6°2 h126 mm
  6. Jun5°2 h110 mm
  7. Jul4°2 h110 mm
  8. Aug4°3 h103 mm
  9. Sep4°4 h113 mm
  10. Oct4°5 h96 mm
  11. Nov5°6 h110 mm
  12. Dec5°7 h111 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
4°6°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6°Feb: 7°Mar: 7°Apr: 6°May: 6°Jun: 5°Jul: 4°Aug: 4°Sep: 4°Oct: 4°Nov: 5°Dec: 5°4°7°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
2°4°6°8°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6 °C (High 7° / Low 5°)Feb: 7 °C (High 8° / Low 6°)Mar: 7 °C (High 8° / Low 6°)Apr: 6 °C (High 7° / Low 5°)May: 5 °C (High 6° / Low 4°)Jun: 4 °C (High 5° / Low 3°)Jul: 4 °C (High 5° / Low 2°)Aug: 4 °C (High 5° / Low 2°)Sep: 3 °C (High 4° / Low 2°)Oct: 4 °C (High 5° / Low 3°)Nov: 4 °C (High 5° / Low 3°)Dec: 5 °C (High 6° / Low 4°)7°3°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 113 mmFeb: 102 mmMar: 112 mmApr: 114 mmMay: 126 mm126Jun: 110 mmJul: 110 mmAug: 103 mmSep: 113 mmOct: 96 mm96Nov: 110 mmDec: 111 mm

Sunshine

0 h2 h4 h6 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.6 h6.6Feb: 5.7 hMar: 4.6 hApr: 3.0 hMay: 2.2 hJun: 1.5 h1.5Jul: 1.6 hAug: 2.9 hSep: 4.1 hOct: 5.1 hNov: 5.9 hDec: 6.6 h6.6

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Plage des Marmites: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Plage des Marmites: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January756113186.632
Februarywarmest sea867102165.731
March867112184.633
April756114193.035
May646126222.239
June535110211.540
July524110221.641
August524103192.939
September424113194.140
October53496175.137
November535110185.936
December645111196.634

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Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER14 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202011 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.114 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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